Political Quotes

“Mr. President, every year millions of human beings around the world are forced into slave labor and sold for sex. This includes a large number of children. While these crimes are especially prevalent in countries where prosecution of trafficking is lax or essentially nonexistent, the truth is that human trafficking occurs in every country, including right here in the United States. Every year thousands of Americans--most frequently women and children--are trafficked within the borders of the United States. A large number of the victims are children who are bought and sold to feed the twisted desires of sexual predators. That is a key phrase, ``bought and sold,'' because to the criminals who prey on these children, that is what it is about--buying and selling. It is a business. That is right--the sexual exploitation and brutalization of children, some of them not yet teenagers, is a business to the traffickers who ensnare them, and many of them get rich off of the horror these children endure. Traffickers identify vulnerable targets--often children who are already living in difficult circumstances or come from broken homes. They then engage in calculated campaigns to win the trust of these vulnerable children and lure them into their orbit. After the child has been trapped, he or she is brought into a lifestyle whose horrors are difficult to adequately describe.…”